As a result, the Tar Heels aren’t big fans of Gottlieb. And they let it be known at during a press conference on campus Tuesday.

“I mean our confidence hasn’t changed at all. I mean we feel like we have people who can step up,” sophomore forward Harrison Barnes said. “Doug Gottlieb, the person who knows everything, has his own statements. We are going to go out there and continue to play good basketball.”

It’s still not certain whether Marshall will try to play with his fractured right wrist Friday when the top-seeded Tar Heels take on No. 13 Ohio in the Midwest Region semifinals in St. Louis.

Until a decision is made, probably not until game time, coach Roy Williams said he’s preparing his team as if backups Stilman White and Justin Watts will be running the show. It’s a prospect that led Gottlieb, a former Oklahoma State point guard, to opine that UNC “will not get out of St. Louis.

“I mean, they’ll get out of St. Louis,” Gottlieb said. “But they’ll be going back to Chapel Hill.”

Harrison Barnes isn't a fan of Doug Gottlieb

Center Tyler Zeller and forward John Henson both referenced the comment during their sessions with the media Tuesday. But it was Barnes that was by far the most fired up about the way the naysayers – led by Gottlieb – are jumping off the Tar Heels’ bandwagon.

“Overnight, we fell out of the race for a national championship?” Barnes asked in response to a question asked by a reporter wearing an ESPN golf shirt. “People (are) telling us, your friend Doug Gottlieb, that we’re going back to Chapel Hill and not New Orleans. But whether the spotlight is on us or not, we’re going to continue to play basketball and continue to do what we do.”

Another reporter chimed in that he has Gottlieb’s cell phone number in his phone. When he asked if there’s anything he’d like him to text Gottlieb, the newly name All-America thought for a moment, then replied: “Just text him: See if you can get the flight over to St. Louis, I’d love to meet him.”

Whether Gottlieb answers the challenge and comes to Friday’s game or not, the Tar Heels seem motivated to handle the challenge that awaits them.

After losing seven players over the last two seasons because of injury, transfer and disciplinary reasons – including guards Leslie McDonald and Dexter Strickland with knee surgeries this year – Zeller said that UNC is better equipped to handle adversity than any of the NCAA’s other Sweet 16 teams.

“There’s a scripture verse that says ‘(God) never gives you anything you can’t handle,’” Zeller said. “That’s the way we’ve got to look at it. We’ve got to look at what we have instead of what we don’t have.”

What the Tar Heels still have is a starting lineup featuring three first-team All-ACC players and a solid perimeter shooter and defender in Reggie Bullock.

With or without Marshall, Williams said he still likes UNC’s chances of proving Gottlieb and the other doubters wrong.

“My team is pretty daggum good, especially with its toughness,” Williams said. “We can still win the whole blessed thing.”

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